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Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives

ETHYL ACRYLATE
COE No.: 245
FEMA No.: 2418
JECFA No.: 1351
Chemical names: ETHYL PROP-2-ENOATE
Synonyms: ETHYL PROPENOATE; ETHYL 2-PROPENOATE; ACRYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ETHYL ACRYLIC ESTER
Functional class: FLAVOURING AGENT
Latest evaluation: 2004
ADI: ACCEPTABLE
Comments: No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent
Report: TRS 928-JECFA 63/77
Specifications: COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 12/FNP 52 Add. 12/79
Tox monograph: FAS 54-JECFA 63/317
 
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    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations
       Ethyl acrylate (ICSC)
       Ethyl Acrylate  (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 39, 1986)
       Ethyl Acrylate  (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 71, 1999)